'Goodmnn, Pope, Macdonald and Palmer.

. dell, on his own responsibility, was objected to or oppose

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, one {colonial fitment.”

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Of these six, where is the tie ofeither blood or marriage, in any possible sense or construction ofthe terms, by which auy one of them is connected with another? .

Go om voracious Cna'rius ! Annual Parliaments, universal

-sulii'age, and no property qualification, in your next.

I am, Sir, Yours, &c. A Couuisstonsa.

21st Oct. 1843.

CORRESPONDENCE ,RELATIVE TO THE CENTRAL ACADEMY.

(Co nlinueil. )

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 8th February, 1842.

Sin; . In conformity to a Resoluti tee: of the Central Academy,

on ofthe Governors and Trus-

this day passed at a genera}

Heath! 1 have the honor of transmitting to you a .opy o

a Resolgiition passed by them on the 11th day of April, 1839;

and also of the Resolution in reference to the former Reso-

lution passed by that body on the 2lst day of April, 1840.

I have the honor to be, Sir,

your most obdt. Servant,

‘ - W. Fonoatv,

To the Rev. James VVaddell, Secretary. one of the Masters of the Central

Academy, 850. &.c. &c.

' . (Corr) , At an adjourned Meeting of the Trustees and Governors of the Central Academy, held at the Central Academy, on

Thursday, the 11th day of April, 1839,

Present :—The Chief Justice, The Attorney General, The Hon. T. H. Havilaud, The Hon. Mr. Pope, The Speaker, Mr. Dingwell:

“ Resolved, unanimously, nary that such change sliou

neral Assembly under ‘ ‘ ported and constituted, as to enable the 'lrustees and (:0-

vernors to place the same under the care atid controiil of one Master only, at such Salary as may be deemed sullicient tor a person of Classical attainments, and also to enable him to employ a competent Assmtattt, as an Usher, and that an application be made to the Legislature, at itsnext Sessmii, for this purpose; and that the Secretary be directed to fur- ‘nish a Copy of the Resolution to each of the present Mas- ters, in order that there may he‘suffiment notice of the pro- posed change.”

That it is expedient and neces- lfl be made in the Act ofthe Go-

A true Copy, WM. FORGAN, Secretary.

, (Copy.) . V'I'uesday, Qtst April, 1840. The Board met pursuant to Adjourniiienti ' I Present—The President, the Chief Justice, the Hon. l‘. H. Haviluhil, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Pope, Mr. McDonald, Mr. Din wall. . . “Entered, That the consideration ofthe Order for, applying 10 the Legislature for alteration of the Law regulating the. Academy be postponed to the next Sesswu ot the llo‘use of Assembly, when the present Law relating to general Ediica- tion will expire.” ‘ A true Copy, WM. FORGAN, Secretary.

'_(C°ry-) as:

"We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt ofa corn- ‘mvlnication, addressed to your Excellency by the Reverend James 'Waddell, one of the Masters of the central Academy, complaining that the want of “an authorised systematic course of practical instruction," and “the dehCicncy 0: suitable books,” are the cause of the inefficiency of that iii- stitution, and which communication has been transmitted to its, by direction of your Excellency, (or the purpose of our remarking upon the statements coi'itainedhi it.

i. We cannot help expressing our surprise at the tone of Mr. Waddell’s letter, which appears to its to have been writ- ten solely with the view ofendeavouring to remove tion: the Masters to the Trustees the responsibility of the present unpopular and inefficient state of the Academy.

’ Willi Mr. Waddell’s general scheme of Education for the

Colony we conceive we have nothingr to do, and shall con- fine our few observations to that part of his letter which re- lates to the Academy. ' Whilst we acknowledge that Mr. Waddcll may have some just grounds for complaining of the want of an authorised systematic course ol'instrnction in the Academy. We are not aware that any system pursued or attempted by Mr. \Vadi f by the Trustees, bur believe that he was left free to adopt that course of education which his own practical experience Might have taught him to be the most advantageous to his [and with reference to that part of his letter which states} “Lthat many of the more advanced, and some at the mote public-spirited of his pupils, finished their Acadcmlctll course, and left, taking with them the books which, at his (Mr. Waddell’s) recommendation, they had procured; and when others came in, they had not, and could not get books, by means of which the classes could be kept up, or new 008! formed; and having no authorised system to put into their hands, the Masters were obliged to take them and do with them individually as they best could,” it does appear to us most singularthat Mr. \Vaddell should have experienced the difficulty which he asserts in procuring books for the succeeding classes which had been readily procured at his reconnuendation by the previous classes. Front his state- ment, the inference to be drawn must be, that the system he commenced with was an approved one, and the same facili- ties in obtaining books, we apprehend, existed, and still continue to exist, as when Mr. Waildcll first became one of the Masters of the Academy; therefore, since Mr. Waddell has not shown that lie was in any way coerced or opposed by the Trustees in lbllowing out the course which he had thus adopted, We can see no sufiicient reason why he did 'not persevere in that course until an authorised course was pointed out to llllII.

We believe that Mr. VVaddell is correct in stating that he introduced a Book to supply the place of an English Reader, which some of the parents of the pupils declined to pur- chase; but we do not believe that, in any instance, an ob- v'eotion has been made to procure any Classical work which

r.,Waddell recommended. On the contrary, we believe that, iii every instance, his recommendation met with prompt concurrence, on the part of the parents of the pupils; but should the parents not feel disposed to procure those Books which are necessary for the improvement of their children, the Trustees have it not in their power to compel them; and it is well known that the Trustees have not at their dis- posal [1 single shilling to enable them to furnish the Institu- tion with Globes, Maps or Books, either for the individual use ofthe pupils, or to form a Library, as Mr. Waddell sug- gests in his letter to the CliiefJustice, a Copy of which be transmitted with his complaint to your Excellency.

Charlottetown, 5th August, 1841.

which the Central Academy is sup-t

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parente in the Masters, arising, We'belleve, from the progress made by some of the pupils _in their studies, and from the evident laxity ofdwczplme prevailing in the Institution (chargeable solely to the Masters), in regard to the pupils at large, particularly in not enforcing attendance anthe regular hours, and not compelling them to prepare their tasks and exercises at their own homes, although an order to this efi'ect was long ago insisted on. The Visitors’ Book, and the tiict ofthe neglect on the part of the Masters, in the lat-1 ter particular, is known to some of the Trustees themselvesm \\ ho have individually, several times, called the attention of i Mr. \Viiildell to it. '

We are sensible that here the question may be asked, why the Trustees, with the fact ofthis neglect within their know- ledge, did itot take steps to displace the Masters. The only reply we cnii ofler is, that as we were in expectation of an alteration in the Constitution of the Academy, we were re- luctant to resort to any extreme measures until such altera- tion took place ; we should then have the authority of Legis- lative sanction for that interposition which, under existing circumstances, might be deemed by the Masters to be harsh and invidious.

By the Constitution ofthe Academy, it is necessary that Five out of the Nine Trustees should be present to form a quorum for the transaction of business, and, consequently. the procuring ofan efficient Meeting is attended with much difficulty. As four Trustees reside in the country, ifany unforseen circumstance should prevent the attendance of one ofthe Five resident in or near Charlottetown, no busi- ness can be done, and the absence ofthe Chiel Justice from the Colony, at this time, obliges us to transmit this reply, signed by only the four resident Trustees, and which can, therefore, only he considered as containingonr individual opinions on Mr. VVaddell's letter.

For ourselves, we are will' '

mg that the Masters should piir- sue that course of instruction which they may deem most advantageous to the progress ofthe pupils in their Academi—

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We have always been of opinion. that the Constitution of

the Academy is defective, particularly with reference to the eta—ordinate powers given to the Masters; and at the only full attendance ofthe Trustees, which took place about two years since, when the Legislature was in Session, it appear- ed to be the unanimous opinion of the whole. body that the Act required amendment in this respect; and it was then deemed proper to notify the‘Masters, totlie efl‘ect mentioned in Mr. Waddell’s letter; btit from a variety of causes, over which we have no controul, the contemplated measure has not yet been effected ; but we cannot admit that such a no- tification was sufficient in itself to paralyze, or even to weaken, the efforts ofa person in Mr. \Viiddell’s situation, who possessed proper zeal for the advancement of the Iii- stitntion, or who valued a continuance in it himself.

That the number of pupils in the Academy has greatly decreased, must be acknowledged, and we can only attri- bute the decrease to the want of confidence felt by the

l lsnow, and the glaciers projecting from the vast iiiouiitaiii-

cal Studies, line from their imaginary ti-ainmols, and we sin- cerely hope the result may realize their expectation that thi- Iiistitutioii may “revive and lloui'is i,” as is anticipated by Mr. \Vaddcil.

\Ve regret not having been able to make an earlier rcply to your l‘lXPfillCnl'y’S communication; but the necessary absence ofthe major part ofus from Cbnrlottctmvn, on our public duties, must be our apology for tho dclav.

\Vc have the honor to hc, Sir, Sun, ( R. llonosou, A. LANE, T. ll. lltvrmxn. J. H. Pm‘nns. VICE PRESIDENT and SECRETARY.

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DISCOVERIES or CAPTAIN JAMES ROSS AND car'ratn caoztER, IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN.

On the 4th oftliis month, the expedition which sailed li‘om this country on the 29th September, 1531), under the com— mand ofthe gallant officers named above, reached England, after having spent the greater part of four years iit exploring the recesses of the Antarctic Ocean, in the course of which time the nllicers and men composing it passed through in- numerable perils, aiul as their reward, succeeded in fixing the trite position ofthe South Magnetic l’olc, in approaching within 157 miles of the South Pole ofthe earth, and in as- certainiiig a great variety of interesting facts connected with every branch of natural science. The followingr is usual- inary of the most important oftlieir discoverics :5—

Al'tei' calling at Madeira, l’ort Prayii, St. Paul’s Rocks, Trinidad, St. Helena, the Cape of Good Hope, Kerguclin’s Land, Hobart Town, and the Auckland Islands, and making accurate magnetic observations at all those places,the ox- peditiou sailed southward, and entered the Antarctic Circli‘, on New Year’s-day, ]84l, which, in that part ofthe world, corresponds (as to the seasons) to our Midsummer Day. On the lltli ofJanuary they discovered, though still at it great distance, the southernmost land ever seen. It rose in. the form of lofty peaks and mountains, covered with eternal

brows for many miles into the Ocean. Alter seeing several small volcanic Islands, they reached, but in vain attempted to effect a landing on, this great Antarctic Continent. Thcv, however, sailed along the Coast, and on the 23rd January reached the 74 deg. 15 min. South. the highest southern lati- tude ever before attained. Here strong southerly galcs, thick fogs and perpetual snow-storms impeded them, but they persevered in following the line ofthe continent until they reached 76 dcg. 8 min. S. where they discovered a mag- nificent volcano, 12,000 feet in height, throwing out volumes offlainc and smoke, but no lava, iii the regions of eternal snow. This volcano they named Mount Ei‘cbus. Still fol- lowing this line ofcoast, they again sailed southwards, until they reached 78 deg. 4 min. 8., or within 157 miles ofthe South Pole. Here the ice became impi-iii-trablc, and tlic season being far advanced, they were compelled to return towards their winter quarters. lii returning. tlicv Sill-t ll over the ,itiiagiuiirv “ Antarctic Continent” which Lieut. \Vilkes, of the American Antarctic l‘lxpcditioii, professed to have discovered, finding in the position assigned to itlhv that imaginative voyager, nothing but open seas, and a depth of600 fiithonis, without a bottom, above his highest moun- tain ridges! Steering westward, the expedition passed the point where Professor Gauss supposed the Magnetic Pole to be, but found, from the variation oftlieir instruments. that be was mistaken, and on the 4th April reached Van Dieman’s Land.

In the Antarctic spring ofthe followng year, the expedi- tion'again sailed in search of discoveries, leaving the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, on the 28th November, 1841. After proceeding some distance east to the supposed position of the focus of greatest magnetic intensity, and obtaininga series ol'observations which demonstrated the incorrectiicss of the supposition, the expedition proceeded southward, and on the 18th December, fell in with the ire 300 miles further north than they had met with it the’year before. After great efi'orts, tlicy forced their way through it, and again entered the Antarctic Circle on New Years’-day, in 184?. On the IQtli January, they encountered a violent-stomp, which shat- tered the rudder ofthe Ercbus, and entirely destroyed that ofthe Terror. Notwithstanding the wind and the ice, they continued to struggle southward, and on the 22d {“cbruarv. again reached the great Southern Continent, which lllCV traced 130 milcs further ‘ast than the prcccdina vcar. After this, the summer being expired, they were compelled to sail northwards. They made directly for Cape Horn, and pas- sed the winter in the Falkland Islands, receiving ample sup- plies from Rio de Janciro, and again putting to sea on the 17th December, 1842.

In the voyage of the third year they examined the whole line ofthe Antarctic regions. from the longitude of Cape Horn to that ofthe Cape ofGood llope. 0n the 2‘2d Fe- bruary, they crossed the line of no variation in the magnetic forces in latitude 61 degrees, longitude 24 \V., and after ox- ploring several Islands, and encountering great dangers, they reached the Cape of Good Hope on the 4th April.

The Literary G zetlc, li‘om which we have abridged the preceding account ot'thcse voyages, closes its account as fol- lows :-—- r

“ At the end of April the Erebiis and Terror left the Cape ofGood Hope, and touched at St. Helena and Ascension, for the purpose of repeating the magnetic observations they hail formerly tnade, and verifying their instruments. lit order to render the whole series complete, it VHS necessary to repair to Rio de Janeiro, which the expedition reached on the 18th June. Alter a few days outplayed in observino' and refitting, they sailed for England, and. touching at one El'tbe \Vestcrn Islands, made the land ofScilly on the 27th August. The passage tip Channel was rendered tedious by calms and light winds, so that Captain Ross was unable to land until Monday last, the 4th September, when he disembarked at Folkstone, and arrived iii town on the afternoon of the same day. Need we add, that his reception at'the Admiralty was most cordial and gratifying. Lord Haddington complimen- ted him in the warmest manner in the presence ofthe other Lords, and all joined in the highest eulogy tipon his services. This is only the prefixes to the fame he has, with his brave comrades, Capt. Crozier, Commander Bird, and the rest so iiobly earned; audit will he echoed, not only now aiufby his country, but by the whole civilized world and for ever.

have passed between Her Majesty’s Government and vernor of this Colony, relative to that subject; but it,“ substance of the instructions issued to him are to the 3M‘ that Her Majesty’s Government decline coming to a d.ht niination in favor ofaiiy place as the future Seat of r ment without the advice of the Provincial Legislature} that Her Maiesty’s Ministers Will be prepared .to submig r vorany to Her Majesty such addresses on tth whim“. may be presented by either,_or both, of the Legiglmiu “my, ; sea, in recommendation at either Kinesros oi- Mom. I provided that, in any address for this pin-page {mm House of Assembly, the House shall pledge [Ewino p , the necessary supply for the expenditure which my“ pected to attend the permanent location of the son “a vernment at the place that they may recommend; 3;. , understood that the

perfect enjoyment of that high health in which they have been restored to us after all their liitigues and penis. .

“ When at Cape Horn, making magnetometric observations, the ships anchored in St. Martin’s Cove, where they lell In with a small party of Fuegeaiis, a most miserable race of human creatures, wandering naked amongst the constantly falling snowflstorms of this inclement region.

“On their path from Cape Horn to the Falkland Islands they observed a very dangerous bank, directly in the line, on which it is probable that many a daring hurk has been lost, whose fate has never been d'sclosed to mortal ears.

“On the Island on which they landed, in lat. 71 deg. 56 min. S., and long. I71 deg. 7min. E., where they procured specimens of minerals imbedded in the igneous rocks, there was not the least appearance ofvegetation; but it was so densely covered with penguins, which stoutly resisted their landing, that it was with difficulty they could force their way through them. 7 “ The acquisitions to natural history, geology, geography, bitt above all, towardsth’e elucidation of the grand mystery ofterrestrial magnetism. raise this voyage to a pro-eminent rank among the greatest achievements of British courage, intelligence, and enterprise.”

Passnn'rs TO THE QUEEN—The presents which Captain Harris recently brought for the Queen of England treat the Court ol'Shoa, in Southern Abyssinia, are thus described: ——“ Among them is a Jet black mule, ofthe most exquisite symmetry, taken from the stud ofthe King ofShoa, and presented, in his Majesty’s name, to the Heir Apparent to the British Throne. The trappings ofthis beaiitiliil animal, (which, in the language ofthe country, is called lishal, or sans-pareil,) consisting ofa saddle-cloth, of a peculiar form and exquisite workmanship, npoii which is elaborately em- blazoned the Ethiopian lion,an extraordinarily shaped Abys- sinian saddle, with breast-plate and head-stall en suite, are of the most gorgeous and magnificent desc "ptiou. The other prof-cuts brought over by Captain Harris consist ofa crown worn by the former Queen ofShoa; various shields, covered with numerous warlike devices coin mscd of nold and silveri _ V , and precious stones: spears, gauntlets, ('lozfits and mhestlitia and their Clerks, the_Clorks ofthe Executive Council, made ofthe skin; or'ltnmopim, wild "mums, annlms 0{land other Government ()liii'crs, 'Ufi‘icers of the [hard of, SOllll silver, iiuiiiorous distinctive badges of honour, Such as V-Vorlts, Ct'llll'thlOI'S,‘P(>St Masters ili (mi'poriip:V lowiis, Phys ivory rings, silver falcbions, or crooked swords, curious spc- “W‘a'm 3”?“‘l'l‘g “30's: rqfll‘i‘im' 0‘ file 1mm." “Quay. cinicns ofat'iiiour, scvm'al baskets, made ol'grass and beads, , the Law Printers and the Iranslator of the Laws. This II :iiid somewhat mile in their construction, filled with nt'onm.‘ l lll'elli'. sweeping; hm “'9 elllfl‘el" "WWII" "‘ [‘5 l’rov'SlOllfi. tic herbs, Soc. A brilliantly-illaminated letter to her Majesty, N0 “fll‘lf’lml‘l'mj ought in El! m Parliament, With the excep- iii the Arabic language, in which the Till”:t)l.Sl10ttBX|)l‘QSSeSlthll‘Ul‘fiVedH‘ SIX oftliosc who ininlelllfllel)’ "mmmme the the highest respect and “Steam pm. 6 the Queen ofthe gnu,“ Ministry of. the Colony.‘ It is'neci-ssary for these .men to est nation under the siiii,’ acroiiipanicd the presents brought l PM" Seats ”‘ "'0 Leglsultttr'c IOI'H‘OHSOIISV Wllll'll wxll natu~ over by Captain Harris.” Hall." CFC?!“ ‘.0 Cr'ir." finesfuc.” ,2: ‘wnlfggiygillfiiafi3:0'23354‘fe'5 \Vir OUTWlT'I‘Ei).——A wag went inth shop the other1 lying m 'e" p fires 0 give m H". “i i ' if“. , . , .. , ~ . , _ . . , . . tinns that may be asked them, 8a.. But to have a pair-,9] '(‘ili‘gg)l‘f’£0:l lmd Ofl’O'k~ rile shop‘m“ cm mm of people sitting in the house whose brceclies’ pockets are The \Vcslovau Methodists have been compelled to aban- “able-m Governwmn “lfigence’ IS. a l'l'lhficm'gu (If a” Re. don their mission at Malta, and others will be given up or slmnhlhle Gove'imnfim "l‘hflnylln‘m T‘plmae.”m ale” reduced immediately. The permanent income ofthe socie- m“; com: mm : ‘6 purify! mg" "2:5,: ;:;l('llu:e’d8::esm‘me : ty has diminished to such an extent as to render this step t? t m ar’lxments w "m ,].y y ' - "at! ‘

. . . Side? Not a bit ofit—eveiy man oftliem has his quarter’s neLeswly'-— alabe' salary in prospeclu, and all his Parliamentary proceedings are regulated by this pecuniary thermometer. The men themselves can have no feeling of independence, and wean conceive nothing more galliiig to an honorable and high minded man than to be obliged to vote contrary to the dia- tates ol'liis conscience. We thank the Ministers for this Act, so long called for, and trust ere long to see it the law of x the land. '